Cuff links for garments



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CUFF LINKS FOR GARMENTS Filed Nov. 26, 1954 INVENTORS v ELAINE HABER MILTON HABER Mi 5: B) E United States Patent CUFF LINKS FOR GARMENTS Elaine Haber and Milton Haber, Little Neck, N. Y.

Application November 26, 1954, Serial No. 471,408

1 Claim. (Cl. 24-97) This invention relates to cuff links.

In convention cuff link constructions, the ornamental cover portion is mounted to the stern support member, for example, by welding. However, such constructions suffer from the disadvantage in that the stem support is easily broken or separated from the disc member.

It is, accordingly, an object of the present invention to provide an improved cuif link construction wherein the stem support is held more securely to the disc member than heretofore achieved.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an improved cuff link construction wherein the disc member is provided with a slot or opening which receives therethrough a laterally bent extension of the stem support, which laterally or angularly bent extension is secured to the disc on the under-side thereof, to more firmly secure the stem support thereto.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a cuff link bearing the above objects in mind which is of simple construction, inexpensive to manufacture, has a minimum number of parts, is easy to use and efficient in operation.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the invention with the ornamental portion removed from the disc member.

Fig. 3 is a side view shown partly in elevation and partly in section of the cufi link of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken along the line 44 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the parts comprising the invention.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but showing a modified form of the present invention.

Referring now more in detail to the drawings, and more particularly to Figs. 1 through 5, 10 represents the cuff link ornamental shell including the peripheral side wall 11, and carrying an attractive design 12 thereon. The ornamental shell 10 snaps onto a disc support 13 of steel or other suitable material integrally formed around its periphery with a side wall 14, the side wall 11 resiliently engaging the latter, as shown in Fig. 3. The disc support 13 may also be formed without the peripheral side wall 14 and the side wall 11 may be clamped over the edges of the disc support 13.

The stem member 15 is pivotally mounted between the bifurcated stem support 16 of such constructions, employing internal spring means or other snap arrangement not shown, for snapping the stem at either right or any other angles, to the support 16 (Fig. 3) or into the same plane thereof intermediate the bifurcated portions of the support, for example when it is desired to insert the stem and support through the cuff link opening in the cuffs.

In the practice of our invention, improved means are provided for securing the end of the support 16 remote from stem 15 to the disc 13 and include an extension 17 integrally formed at the end of the support 16 at right angles or any other desired angle thereto and having an opening 18.

The disc 13 is provided with a slot or opening 19 adapted to receive downwardly therethrough the extension 17 and the lower end of the support 16 with the upper surface of the extension 17 in abutment with the undersurface of the disc 13. The disc 13 is provided with an opening 20 therethrough adapted to be aligned with the opening 18 and within which is positioned a rivet 21 or the like which secures the extension 17 to the disc 13 (Fig. 3), however more than one rivet 21 may also be used if desired.

By means of this improved construction, the support 16 will not be separated from the disc 13 upon distortion and strain or stress between these elements which would otherwise be the case were the support 16 merely welded to the outside of disc 13. Thus, any distortion applied to the support 16 will merely urge the laterally bent portion 17 into firmer contact with the disc.

While in the figures of the drawings, the extension 17 has been shown as secured to the undersurface of disc 13 by means of rivet 21, it will be readily apparent that any other means may be employed for securing these members together, for example, spot welding.

In Fig. 6 the disc 13' is shown with a depressed central portion 22 in which the extension 17' is secured to the disc support 13' by one or more rivets 21. In this form of the invention the ornament 10' is permitted to lie within the annular flange 23 directly against the inner face of the disc support 13'. In other respects this form of the invention is similar to the previous form and the various parts may be recognized by similar reference numerals with a prime added.

While we have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of our invention, it is to be understood that we do not limit ourselves to the precise constructions herein disclosed and that various changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by UnitedStates Letters Patent is:

A cufl link comprising a disc-shaped support having a central depressed portion, said central depressed portion having a central opening and an off-center opening, a disc-shaped ornamental insert mounted on the discshaped support over said central depressed portion, a stem support extending through said central opening, a stem pivotally supported on the outer end of said stem support, an angular extension on the inner end of said stem support positioned in the space between the ornamental insert and the central depressed portion of the disc-shaped support, and extending along the under surface of said central depressed portion, said extension having an opening registering with the off-center opening in the central depressed portion, and a rivet extending through said registered openings for securing the angular extension to the inner face of the central depresed portion.

(References on following page) References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Brookmann May 6, 1873 Howard et a1 Mar. 4, 1884 Forward Jan. 9, 1900 Swanson July 21, 1908 Iversen Jan. 20, 1920 '4 Young Dec. 6, 1938 Bezault July 23, 1940 FOREIGN PATENTS Great Britain of 1891 Germany Oct. 17, 1883 Great Britain July 4, 1941 

